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Victory Lap

from UVWXY by Edward Hartline

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#FakeDeep contemplative twangy emo song, my specialty. this entire song survives as an awkwardly heroic lyrical attempt simply because of a single line: "there's beauty in the things that hurt us last" which sounds like the zingerified moral lesson in the last 50 pages of a john green novel. haven't decided if that's a good thing yet (i will let history be the judge)

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i dont know where you are im just trying to sleep alone
i dont care who you are i just needed to be on my own
i stopped writing songs i stopped popping pills
i stopped waiting for a feeling that i couldnt kill
and now im half out of this maybe i will
maybe i wont
i dont know where you are im just trying to sleep alone

maybe all i really needed was just one more night
to scare the hell out of me and make me leave on the lights
i stopped running away i stopped asking to stay
roll the windows down and watch them all fly away
in the rearview mirror on the interstate
all my life
maybe all i really needed was just one more night

but i braced myself i raised myself i chased myself until my legs grew tired
i got my way and i lost my way i tossed away all the glow left in my wires
now what else am i but the tread on the tires and the long way back
out of control on my victory lap

i dont know who i was i just know that im not the same
i dont care if you care i just needed to say your name
i stopped dropping hints i stopped making the bed
underneath the covers with a flashlight to my head
drawing blanks and writing words i never wouldve said
just to to say em
i dont know who i was i just know that im not the same

maybe all i really needed was just one more shove
to teach me how to swim and to teach me how to keep my eyes shut
i stopped taking deep breaths i stopped fighting the waves
they said they come and fish me out one of these days
they mustve snapped the punchline when i took the bait
just because
maybe all i really needed was just one more shove

ill just doubt myself and drown myself thats how i found myself when my legs grew tired
when i got my way and lost my way i tossed away all of the words hung on the wires
those oil slick rainbows dont deserve to catch fire
theres beauty in the things that hurt us last
and if its alright with you then i think its worth us trying
you can rest your head on my victory lap

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from UVWXY, released December 24, 2021

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Edward Hartline Lowell, Massachusetts

Edward has been writing songs since he was 11. He began performing professionally at 13 and went on his first national tour at 15. Edward has performed with many artists, including Shannon LaBrie, Bobby Long, Jess Meuse, Sam Bradley, Marcus Foster, and Von Grey. ... more

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